The CSKA 1948 team remains without a win since the beginning of 2024, after it ended in a 0:0 draw away to Botev (Plovdiv) in a match of the 28th round of the First League. The match was an official debut for the new coach of the “Reds” Valentin Iliev, before BTA.
In the 21st minute, Botev's scorer Georgi Nikolov had to leave the field after suffering an injury and was replaced by Mohamed Brahimi. Five minutes later, the visitors had the first accurate shot of the match. Pedrinho shot treacherously from a free-kick about 35 meters from the goal of the “canaries”, but Hidayet Hankic saved. In the return attack, CSKA 1948 goalkeeper Petar Marinov had to intervene for the first time. The guard knocked in Nikolay Minkov's corner kick from a distance, which was aimed just under the crossbar.
The second half started with an inaccurate shot by Reyan Daskalov from the edge of the penalty area after a corner kick. In the 57th minute, Konstantinos Balogiannis shot dangerously from a direct free kick about 25 meters from Petar Marinov's goal, but the CSKA 1948 goalkeeper managed to stretch and save.
In the 81st minute, Valentin Iliev's players responded with a dangerous volley shot by Reyan Daskalov from the arc of the penalty area, but the ball went inches past Hankic's right post.
In the second minute of added time of the match, Botev's goalkeeper saved Pedrinho's strong shot from distance and thus the match ended in a scoreless draw.
Matches of the 28th round in the First Football League
Heber – Ether 3:0
Arda – Slavia 2:1
Levski - CSKA - Sofia 0:2
Botev Pd - CSKA 1948 0:0
On Sunday:
Pirin - Ludogorets (20:15, Diema sport)
On Monday:
Botev (Vr) – Krumovgrad (17.00 hours, Diema sport)
Loko (S) - Black Sea (7:30 p.m., Diema sport)
On Tuesday:
Loco (Sf) – Beroe (6.30 p.m., Diema sport)